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13 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Occasional reminder that Manhattan's clogged bridges could easily carry twice as many people as they currently do. And, in fact, 100 years, they did! What changed? Cars. nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/07/13/sig…
“You could literally close [the Brooklyn Bridge] to all traffic and most people probably would not notice, since even at peak it’s carrying a handful of subway trains worth of people.” ~17X as many people cross the Manhattan bridge on subway vs car.
What's amazes me is that the number of people who walk or bike over the bridges at peak hour is not an insignificant fraction compared to those who drive across. Bike & walk : car is a _much_ closer ratio than car : subway.
There are now many "cars" that are legally too heavy to drive over the Brooklyn Bridge, not that this sign wills top them. thedrive.com/new-cars/1720/…

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13 Jul
“You have a 16-year-old kid arrested three times in 90 days with guns,” Shea said. “Where is the outrage and where are the hearings to say, ‘What’s going on?’”

OCFS (NYC family services) already has a budget of $3.8 billion. That's real money.
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Gil-Medrano is the 16-year-old (as opposed to the 13-year-old victim): "Sunday was the second time that Gil-Medrano had been shot. On July 7, 2020, the teen was shot in Crotona... Gil-Medrano would not help investigators as he recovered."
Together, NYC Family Services (OCFS) and Homeless Services (DHS) have a larger budget then the NYPD. That's something. #defund
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7 Jul
Yes. This is how I roll. I will question, insult, block, and then publicly shame and mock. It's not like me, but I don't care. I know too many people who have died. This is no joke. Image
I can do nothing to force people to get vaccinated. I can certainly not give them social acceptance. Call them out. It's not OK.
You "choose" not to get vaccinated against Covid? What am I supposed to supposed to say? "Wow, what a fascinating personal life choice!" Fuck you.
It's not a goddamn tattoo. It's a vaccine, the literal vaccine to a killer virus.
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6 Jul
My city council member elect speaks.
Hot take: Let's _NOT_ fund a NYC Department of Beekeepers.
Indeed, NYPD has 2 beekeepers. It's the right number. Better yet, when Officers Lauriano and Mays aren't dealing with bees, "they work as patrol cops."
nypost.com/2019/05/30/mee…
Extra points for taking a feel-good bee story and using it to accuse Officer Mays, the beekeeper, of "terrorizing Black and brown folks with impunity." Image
Breaking news: "Lauriano retired. So it’s a one man unit."

So let us be becalmed with bee stories, thank Officer Mays for his beekeeping acumen, and, again, NOT fund of a civilian New York City Dept of Beekeeping. Image
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6 Jul
There are 3.7 million registered Democrats in New York City. Yet only 800,000 New Yorkers -- 22% of _registered_ voters -- bothered to vote for the next mayor. This is not a sign of a healthy democracy. (And Adam's margin of victory seems to be less than 8,500 votes.)
Actually... more than 800,000 people voted! This (below) would indicate that 800,000 people ranked either Adams OR Garcia. Presumably many voters ranked neither. (Though whatever that number, the total is still a small fraction of 3.7 million registered Democrats). Image
937,699 ballots were cast for mayor.
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6 Jul
Er, you could always do this.
I'm baffled here. Do people think the problem of subway homelessness is that City is unaware of where homeless people are? That city social workers are standing by, waiting to rush out and fix everything, if only the public would call 311 and tell them where to go?
Also, after years of talk and billions in NYC Dept Homeless Services funding, where are all these city workers rushing to respond at 4AM or on a weekend? Hell, I'll settle for a city agency that even answers the phone after 5PM on a weekday.
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2 Jul
Uh, say what? I'll spell it out if I have to. But I really hope I don't have to.
It's about the % increase. NYC is worse than every city but Baltimore. I might try and spell it out. It's exactly what twitter isn't good for.
This statement, in the tweet: "NYC has fought back gun violence better than other major cities." It's exactly what the chart doesn't show. They just showed a chart to make it look official. That's the crazy thing. He could have just lied without showing contradictory data.
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